‘Light rail’ ready in Beijing

By Railway Gazette International and Ali2002-10-01T10:00:00

THE OPENING to passengers of the trial section of the 41 km ’light rail’ line through Beijing’s northern suburbs was scheduled for September 28, after final commissioning runs that commenced 24 days earlier had been completed.

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